The Poetical Works of William CowperMacMillan, 1908 - 536 pages |
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... Divine Love rejected by the World ib . ib . Living Water · 412 The Soul that loves God finds Him every- where ib . Gratitude and Love to God . 413 The Testimony of Divine Adoption . ib . Page God hides His People Self - Diffidence • 414 ...
... Divine Love rejected by the World ib . ib . Living Water · 412 The Soul that loves God finds Him every- where ib . Gratitude and Love to God . 413 The Testimony of Divine Adoption . ib . Page God hides His People Self - Diffidence • 414 ...
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... Divine Love endures no Rival ib . 469 The Secrets of Divine Love are to be kept The Vicissitudes experienced in the Chris- tian Life An Epigram . ib . 419 To John Milton ib . An Ode . ib . 421 Love faithful in the Absence of the Beloved ...
... Divine Love endures no Rival ib . 469 The Secrets of Divine Love are to be kept The Vicissitudes experienced in the Chris- tian Life An Epigram . ib . 419 To John Milton ib . An Ode . ib . 421 Love faithful in the Absence of the Beloved ...
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... divine 36 329 4 502 4 5 15 495 391 • 500 468 • 397 25 469 Enamoured , artless , young , on foreign ground • En , quæ prodigia , ex oris allata remotis Ere God had built the mountains Exalt me , Clio , to the skies Fairest and foremost ...
... divine 36 329 4 502 4 5 15 495 391 • 500 468 • 397 25 469 Enamoured , artless , young , on foreign ground • En , quæ prodigia , ex oris allata remotis Ere God had built the mountains Exalt me , Clio , to the skies Fairest and foremost ...
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... divine They call thee rich ! -I deem thee They mock my toil - the nymphs and 497 poor 503 amorous swains 467 Think , Delia , with what cruel haste . 7 This cap , that so stately appears This cabin , Mary , in my sight appears 390 When ...
... divine They call thee rich ! -I deem thee They mock my toil - the nymphs and 497 poor 503 amorous swains 467 Think , Delia , with what cruel haste . 7 This cap , that so stately appears This cabin , Mary , in my sight appears 390 When ...
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... divine in Bishopsbourne Church , and composed the epitaph for it , which will not be out of place here . " Though nothing can be spoke worthy his fame , Or the remembrance of that precious name , Judicious HOOKER ; though this cost be ...
... divine in Bishopsbourne Church , and composed the epitaph for it , which will not be out of place here . " Though nothing can be spoke worthy his fame , Or the remembrance of that precious name , Judicious HOOKER ; though this cost be ...
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Page 212 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it, too ; affectionate in look And tender in address,...
Page 315 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. And so he did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopped till where he had got up He did again get down. Now let us sing, long live the king...
Page 39 - The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day.
Page 314 - And every soul cried out, Well done ! As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he ; His fame soon spread around — He carries weight, he rides a race, 'Tis for a thousand pound.
Page 30 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 176 - Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark; So, stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — .
Page 282 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path, But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.
Page 273 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd sO much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Page 170 - Never hear the sweet music of speech, — I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 283 - The sum is this : If man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.